Resonances of an in-extensional asymmetrical spinning shaft with speed fluctuations

In this study, main and parametric resonances of an asymmetrical spinning shaft with in-extensional nonlinearity and large amplitude are simultaneously investigated. The main resonance is due to inhomogeneous part of the equations of motion, which is due to dynamic imbalances of shaft whereas the parametric resonances are due to parametric excitations due to speed fluctuations and a shaft asymmetry. The shaft is simply supported with unequal mass moments of inertia and flexural rigidities in the direction of principal axes. The equations of motion are derived by the extended Hamilton principle. The stability and bifurcations are obtained by multiple scales method, which is applied to both partial and ordinary differential equations of motion. The influences of asymmetry of shaft, speed fluctuations, inequality between two eccentricities corresponding to the principal axes and external damping on the stability and bifurcation are studied. To investigate the effect of speed fluctuations on the bifurcations and stability the loci of bifurcation points are plotted as function of damping coefficient. The numerical solutions are used to verify the results of multiple scales method. The results of multiple scales method show a good agreement with those of numerical solutions.